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Firefighters battle flames at mulch yard

Crews worked throughout the night to battle a fire at a mulch yard in Greenville.

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Updated: 1:08 PM EDT Sep 27, 2016

Firefighters battle flames at mulch yard

Crews worked throughout the night to battle a fire at a mulch yard in Greenville.

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WEBVTT OUT THE MORNING. WYFF NEWS 4'S AUBREY JACKSON HAS THE LATEST. >> THIS MULCH FIRE HERE IN GREENVILLE HAS BEEN BURNIN SINCE 11:00 TUESDAY NIGHT. WE ARE HERE ON BEVERLY ROAD NEAR RUTHERFORD, AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE THIS FIRE IS A VERY , CONTROLLED SEEN BUT THAT WAS , NOT THE CASE EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE PARKER DISTRICT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OUT HERE ALL DAY WORKING TO CONTROL THE FLAMES AND STOP THE FIRE RIGHT IN ITS TRACK. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO AS THE FLAMES GREWTHE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO SPRAY , WATER OVER THE MULCH AND PLACE LOGS DOWN AS A BARRIER FOR FIRE. THE FIRE PATCHES THAT YOU SEE THERE MAY STILL LOOK UNRULY BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A SIGN OF PROGRESS FOR THE CREWS AND MORE CONTROLLED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NONE OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS WERE AFFECTED. NOW THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE IT SURE WAS FOR ME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MULCH THIS ACTUALLY WILL NATURALLY OVER HEAT BECAUSE OF THEM BEING PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER LIKE THIS. THEY EMIT HEAT NATURALLY AND WHEN YOU MIX THIS WITH THE HEAT THAT WE GET FROM OUR WEATHER HERE IN THE UPSTATE THOSE TWO COMBINED CAN CREATE FIRE. YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THE HEAT FROM THE FLAMES HERE. THEY HAVE PLACED THE LOGS DOWN AS A BARRIER FOR THE FIRE SO IT WILL NOT GO BY ANY FARTHER THAN WHAT YOU SEE THERE THIS FIRE WILL NOT GO ANY FARTHER THAN WHERE YOU SEE.

Firefighters battle flames at mulch yard

Crews worked throughout the night to battle a fire at a mulch yard in Greenville.